Crossword for Sun, 9/Jan/2022

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Across
1: Accommodate bear (3,2)

4: Decision tree's unusual goal: mirth? (9)

9: Sleep around in sheds (5)

10: Best work it out with mother (7)

11: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)

12: A sample makes sense (5)

14: Smithys workplace agreement not originally despicable, not totally! (5)

16: Flower part to lapse badly (5)

17: No man confused about brave king of Mycenae (9)

18: Caribbean tourists love to do this as dolphin cavorts (6-3)

19: Fools the Proletariat after banning Marx's _Capital_ (5)

20: Those passing the first round see getting D's (5)

21: Eights had to race again, we hear, concerning fish spawn. (2, 3)

22: Essential part of Cayce's power! (3)

24: Half of them should have had an idea (7)

26: Farewell from union leader after getting something straight (5)

27: Took a load off awfully thin ledge (9)

28: Anchors in peat bogs (5)
Down
1: Call unexpectedly, find Dad at home! (3,2)

2: Employ heart-broken Spartans where disaster came to pass. (11)

3: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)

4: Toss a hammer into a nuclear accelerator! (4,7)

5: God, transforming first day into last night, was received (3)

6: Wizards covered in liquor and beer...it might be for charity (7, 4)

7: Thumb Drum? (3)

8: Gets high by direct routes? (9)

12: Fast times with company cracked high-strung recruiter (6,5)

13: Quite put out, doctor axes red tape (11)

15: Trashy dime novel about American sex symbol who's not all there? (5,2,4)

16: Just desserts for Alpine tumble? (9)

23: Quietly pulls electrical connectors (5)

24: Draw a stomach uprising (3)

25: Trap with hands? (3)

26: Direct object (3)




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